Patent

A registered patent gives its owner the exclusive rights to prevent or stop others from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing a product or a process, based on the patented invention, without the prior consent of the owner.

Patent

A registered patent gives its owner the exclusive rights to prevent or stop others from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing a product or a process, based on the patented invention, without the prior consent of the owner.

If this is a PCT National Phase Entry, please provide:
- PCT International Application Number
- A copy of the PCT International Application (Request Form PCT/RO/101)
- Amendments filed in the International Phase in or translated into English

If Priority Claim (other than PCT) is intended, please provide:
- Country
- Application number
- Filing date
- Certified priority document with English translation to be submitted upon request only

Power of Attorney to be signed by a representative of the Applicant:
- Please provide name and designation of the signatory
- No legalization is required
- Original form is needed for filing

[STAGE 1] APPLICATION STAGE
An application is filed with the MyIPO. Filing Date and an Application Number are secured.

[STAGE 3] SUBSTANTIVE EXAMINATION (SE)
A SE is to be requested within 2 years from the Filing Date (or a deferment is filed - otherwise the application will be deemed to be abandoned).
A MODIFIED SE can be requested if corresponding patent has been granted in USA / EPO / UK / Australia / Japan / Korea for the same invention.
Office Actions, once raised, must be satisfactorily traversed before proceeding to next stage.

[STAGE 4] CLEAR REPORT
Certificate of Grant will be issued.

[STAGE 5] RENEWAL STAGE
Upon grant, the invention will be retrospectively protected for a period of 20 years calculated from the filing date. Renewal fees need to be paid after grant, annually.

FROM FILING TO REGISTRATION
For a straightforward case, it will take between 5 to 8 years from filing to getting Certificate of Grant.
There are provisions for expedited examination. Reason(s) in Statutory Declaration form must be provided with prescribed fee.

RENEWAL
Upon grant, the invention will be retrospectively protected for a period of 20 years calculated from the filing date. Renewal fees need to be paid after grant, annually.